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Bomb goes off at Chitral school

Chitral bomb

CHITRAL: In the latest assault on education, a bomb went off at a primary school in Chitral on Sunday.

Rescue sources said the blast occurred at the Government Primary School in Arandu Gol area of Chitral. The school is within a kilometre’s proximity of the Pak-Afghan border.

Two rooms of the school were completely destroyed in the explosion. However, there were no reports of any loss of life in the school incident.

Last month, twelve schools – eight girls and four boys – were burnt down in various parts of Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district. Though no one had claimed responsibility for the ghastly attacks, but attackers are believed to be militants opposed to girls’ education.

“The miscreants tried to damage around 12 schools in Diamir district. They tried to set fire to some of them and broke windows and doors of some others,” regional home secretary Jawad Akram had said.

The schools that were burnt down include Girls Primary School located in Ronay, Chilas; Girls School Takya; Social Action Programme (SAP) Primary School in Hudur area; Primary School in Tabor village of Darel Valley; SAP Primary School in Tabor, Darel; Girls Primary School Sheegay Manikal, Darel Valley; Girls Primary School Galee Bala, Tangir Valley; Primary School Galee Bala, Tangir Valley;  Girls Primary School Khanbary; Girls Primary School Gyal Village.

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